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The original Apple LaserWriter had a Motorola 68000 CPU running at 12 MHz, 512 KB of workspace RAM, and a 1 MB frame buffer. That wasn't cheap, but Adobe's pric
by nemo 3y ago
The original Apple LaserWriter had a Motorola 68000 CPU running at 12 MHz, 512 KB of workspace RAM, and a 1 MB frame buffer. That wasn't cheap, but Adobe's pricing of the PostScript license was still very steep and contributed significantly to the high printer costs. Adobe's greed over licensing fees caused serious conflicts between Apple and Adobe.
- aidenn0 3y agoTo give people an idea: that's 3x the RAM and about 2x the CPU power of the contemporary Macintosh (512k of ram (not expandable), and a 7.8MHz). It wasn't until the Macintosh II came out that there was a mac that was strictly more powerful than the LaserWriter, and by then the LaserWriter IINTX was available; similar CPU to the Mac II, but more base memory and could be expanded to more total memory.